Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.

A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior.

To the extent that children with similar characteristics achieve comparable performance levels, using the performances of similar peers is likely to yield more accurate self-appraisal than using the accomplishments of dissimilar peers

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This is why most appeals against violent means usually fall on deaf ears.

Misbeliefs in one's inefficacy may retard development of the very subskills upon which more complex performances depend

People infer high self-efficacy from successes achieved through minimal effort on difficult tasks, but they infer low self-efficacy if they had to work hard under favorable conditions to master relatively easy tasks

In the self-appraisal of efficacy, there are many sources of information that must be processed and weighed through self-referent thought